Improvement in machine for wiring blind-rods and slats



I is secured a grooved guideV or channel, O` and O, in each` i ltntedAScatte- GODLIP MEYER, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JACOBy WAGNER, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters PatentNo. 97,541,

dated December-,7, 1869.

`IMIERGVEiMIl-INT IN MACHINE FOR WIRING BLIND-RODS AND ,SLATS TheSchedule referred to in these Lettergs Patent and making part 0f thesame.

I, GoDLIr MEYER, of Cleveland, in the county ot' Cuyahoga, and State ofOhio, vhave invented certain Improvements in Window-Blind StapleDriver,of which the following is a specification'.

Objective.

This invention has for its object the driving of' staples into the slats'and the rodsconneeting said slats ofwindow-blimls, by an arrangement ofdevices, consisting of driving-rods working vertically in groove-dstandards or posts, a tecdil'lg-device, whereby the work is fed tothemachine autdl'atically; also, of certain springs, by the use of whichthendescent of the staples is controlled; and, also, of certain gearing,whereby the several parts are operated, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Drawings.

Figure l is a front view of the machine.

Figure 2, a side view of the same.

Figure 3, a viewof the opposite side of iig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several viewspresented.

Description. y A, fig. 2, is a frame mounted npon the base or table l5.

'lo the face of each of the front posts of said frame of which is fittedlooselya driving-rod, D D. Said rod D is connected to a cranlmvheel, E,by a link or pitman, F, and whereby it is operated.

'lhe driving-rod D'is alsoA connected to a crankwheel, G, by means of alink or pitman, H, and operated thereby, as and for a purposehereinafter shown.

I is a level', pivoted to a section ofthe frame at the point c. One vendof said leveris slotted, and attached thereby to the crank-wheel G bythe wrist-pin b, whereby the link H is connected to the wheel.

To the lower end of said lever is pivoteda foot, J, the purposeI ofwhich will presently be described.

Projecting forward and upward, at a certain angle from the foot of'eachof the grooves or .channels in which the driving-rods nrslide, is anarm, M, in the upper side of which is cut a groove, and therein fitted,so as to slide freely upward and downward, a feather, N, the lower end.of which is held in close contact with the back or bottom ot' the groovevreferred to, by a spling, c, iig. 2. t

It will bev observed that 4the upper corner' of the lower end of thefeather is rounded olf, so that it does not touch the bottom of thegroove, whereas, the restpost ofthe end is in contact therewith. Thepurpose ot' this will .he shown hereafter. i

Motion is given to the` driving-rods or drivers, by means of the gearingarranged in Athe upper part oi' the frame, and which consists ofthecog-wheels 0 O', the wheel O being secured to the shaft L, supportingthe crank-wheel ]l},vwl1ereas, the wheelO is secured to the shaftsupporting the crank-wheel G.

Said wheels are made to engage the small pinion Q, secured to the shaftbearing the cog-wheel R, said wheel R receiving motion from the primary'pinion S, operated by a crank, and transferring its motion to the side'wheels O 0', by the intervention of the pinion Q. By this arrangementotgearing, a verticallyreciprocating action is obtained to thedriving-rods or drivers, by mea-ns of their connection therewith, in themanner above described.

Operation.

As above said, this machine is for driving staples into the slats androds of window-blhuls, and which is performed in the manner as follows:

The staples for immediate use are hung upon the edge of the feathers N,as shown at e, tigs. 2 and' 3, a few only being sho\ vn,'whiel1,however, may fill the length ofthe feather, and hang touching eachother.

A slat, in the edge of which a staple is to bedriven, is placed underthe driving-rod l), on the adjustable table A', as showngin tig. l, inwhich B is the slat. Into the slat, while in vt-his'position, a staple,d, is driven by the driver, which, as it descends from above `the end ofthe feat-heron which the staples are hung,

the lowermost one,.against the hack of the chainnel, immediately underthe driver, is dislodged therefrom and driven into the lslat, as shownin the lrand side of fig. 1, in which l' represents an end view of theslat.

Innnediately under the slat, lengthwise the table,

is laid the slat-rod E, to which the slats are to be at-` l lVhile inthis position the driver D descends,4

tached. and, dislodging a staple ti'onr the feather, drives it into therod.

The adjustment of the slat B' is such, that one limb of the rod-staplepasses through the staple therein, and thus links it to the rod, asshown in the drawino'.

l-lhe position of the pivoted foot J at the instant that the staple isbeing driven into the rod, is as indica-ted by the dotted linef. N ow,on the ascent .of

driver D', the' foot moves ihrward, carrying with it the Slat-rod andslat, the distance of one notch, s', of the gauge 1", which istemporarily attached to the rod, said distance being that proper for theattachment of another sla-t, which, during the ascent of the driver andforward movement ofthe rod, has been stapled by the Vdriver I), ready tobe placed -under D', and adjusted for its attachment to the rod, in themanner as above instanced.

The movement of the two drivers is so timed that the slat receives itsstaple during the ascent of the driver D', and the forward movement ofthe rod and slats. Hence, there is an uninterrupted continuation ofthework of driving the staples, rst, that into the sla-t, and secondly,that into the rod, for its attachment to the slats. By this device, thework of stapling the blinds is greatly facilitated, and is done with anexactness unattainable by the ordinary means employed for this purpose.

AS above said, the upper corner of the lower end of the feather isrounded oii, which is for the purpose of allowing the staple to slipfrom the feather, on being struck by the driver, which falls directlyupon the staple, and forces it between the end of the feather and backof the groove in which the driver moves. The feather is immediatelyforced back against the groove by the spring referred to, therebypreventing the dislodgement et' the staples left on the feather. Hence,one staple'at a time only can leave the feather, and which is dislodgedby the descent of the driving-rod.

Claim.

yWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- The cog-wheels O R O, pinions Q S, crank-wheels

